Introduction

The Early History of Blacks in the Americas

Black Slavery in the United States

Free Blacks and Abolitionism

The Civil War Era

Reconstruction and After

The Age of Booker T. Washington

Black Migration to the North; World War I

The Garvey Movement; the Harlem Renaissance

Blacks in the Great Depression and the New Deal

World War II

The Civil Rights Movement

The Black Revolt

A New Direction

Political Progress

The voter registration drives that intensified during the 1960s began to show results by the end of the decade. In 1960, only about 28 percent of the black voting-age population in the South was registered, and there were perhaps 100 black elected officials. By 1969, with the number of registrants more than doubled, up to 1,185 blacks had been elected to state and local offices.

Some of the electoral gains were spectacular. The first black…

Other Contributions to American Life

Names and Labels

Additional Reading

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